Jump First, Think Later – A Corporate Tale

There’s nothing quite like watching someone leap boldly into disaster… with absolute confidence.

In many workplaces, it’s not the lack of solutions that causes chaos — it’s the overwhelming presence of people who think they are the solution.

Like the “Head of Strategic Synergy” who jumps out of a metaphorical (or actual) plane, convinced their gut feeling is a master plan, to save themselves as well of course, only to realise too late they’ve taken someone else’s rucksack instead of a parachute.

This isn’t just a joke. It’s a pattern.

🔹 The doomed project that launches without any thought.
🔹 The reorg driven by someone who just discovered LinkedIn jargon.
🔹 The confident decision-maker who doesn't know what’s in the bag, but sure sounds like they do.

Welcome to Corporate Stupidity™ — where overconfidence outruns logic, and someone always ends up freefalling through a strategy they didn’t test.

Moral of the story?
Check the bag. Ask questions. And never follow someone just because they’re jumping with confidence.

Unless, of course, you're looking for a great story to tell while the rest of us pull the actual parachute.